Instrument mounting



July 24, 1934. A. SOLLER INSTRUMENT MOUNTING Filed. April 1, 1933 I N VENTOR. r/ra/d J0//er.

I BY I 41 I I I ATTORNEY.

Fatented july 24,

nn rsnsmrss misfit OFFIoii INSTRUMENT MOUNTING Arnold Soller, MichiganCity, Ind., assignor The Hays Corporation, Michigan City,'Ind.

Application April 1, 1933, Serial No. 663,890

3 3 Claims. (01. 248-30) The invention relates to instrument mountings,Referring to the drawing, which illustrates the and particularly tomountings by which instrupreferred embodiment of the invention, thenuments, such as draft and pressure gages, may be meral l designates aninstrument panel having a mounted upon an instrument panel. an opening 2formed therein for the reception of Panel mounted instruments frequentlyrequire the casing 3 of the instrument to be mounted on 60 adjustment,as, for instance, Zero adjustments the panel. The instrument may be ofany deinvolving repositioning of the shiftable indicatsired type, suchas a draft gage, pressure gage, or ing portion of the gage to normal orcorrect zero the like, and the casing 3 may be constructed to indicatingposition after the same has become contain one or more of theseinstruments, five misadjusted in use. The practice heretoforefolinstruments being mounted in the casing as 65 lowed in the mountingof instruments on panels shown in the drawing. The instrument casing 3have made accurate adjustments of the instruis provided with a sightopening 5 through which ments by a single individual almost impossible,the dial or face 6, and the pointer 7, of the because an individualcould not reach the adjustinstrument or instruments may be viewed. Theing mechanism of the instrument while maininstrument adjusting mechanism8, such as the 70 taining a position to view the face of the instruzeroadjustment, and the valve 9 controlling the ment. It has therefore beennecessary to have connection 10 of the instrument with the app twopersons cooperate in making the adjustment, ratus (not shown) whosecharacteristics are to one to perform the actual adjusting operation bemeasured by the instrument, project from the while standing behind thepanel or in reach of easing 3. 7

the instrument adjusting mechanism, and the The instrument casing 3 ismounted on the other to watch the face of the instrument and panel 1 bya mounting 11 which comprises a direct the first, plate 12 having anopening 13 therein into which It is therefore the primary object of myinventh instrument Casing 3 3 fi A p 0f tion to provide a mounting bywhich an instruflanges l eXtend perpendicularly rearwardly so ment maybe mounted on a panel in a, m n er from the plate 11 at opposite sidesthereof and whereby the adjusting mechanism of the instruadj Opening Theplate 11 is of a Size to ment is accessible to a person standing infront Cover 3 a portion of the panel Opening and of the panel in aposition to view the face of the is seemed to the panel y u t b a s 5,

instrument. such as bolts, which extend through openings 16 5' A furtherobject of the invention is to provide ed h n The ns u t Casing 3 s aninstrument panel with an opening larger than mounted on the mounting 11by Securing means the instrument which it is to receive, and to 17 Whi hpas through openings 18 formed in the mount said instrument on the panelby a mountflan s 1 ing provided with a shiftable member normally A plate19 is secured to the plate 12 at the 0 closing the portion of theopening not occupied owe ed he f by means of hinges and by theinstrument. this plate normally closes the remainder of open- With theabove and other objects in View, the ng 2 in panel 1. A suitable knob 21is rotatably invention resides in the combination and arcarried by plate19 at the front thereof and a 4orangement of parts as hereinafter setforth, tuates a catch 22 positioned at the rear of said 9 shown in thedrawing, described and claimed, it plate in a manner s tiv y engage theedge being understood that changes in the precise f p l 1 at the opening2 r f to 100k i embodiment of the invention may be made within p a 9 inClosed positionthe scope of what is claimed without departing It Willthus be Seen that a -p mounting c from the spirit of the inventio forinstruments is provided, one part of which is In the drawing: fixedlysecured to the panel and securely mounts Figure 1 is a fragmentary frontelevation of an 1 instrument Casing and the Other p Of instrument panelin which an instrument is which is hinged to the first. The hinged plate19 mounted by my improved mounting. is normally held in effectiveposition to close A 50* Figure2isavertical sectional view of aninstrupanel opening 2 by the catch 22, but may be ment panelillustrating the instrument and readily pivoted relative to the panelupon release mounting in side elevation. of the catch 22 by the knob 21.When the plate Figure 3 is a perspective View of my improved 19 has beenpivoted to the position shown in full instrument mounting viewed fromthe back lines in Figure 2, the lower portion of panel open- 55-thereof. ing 2 is exposed. An individual standing in front of panel 1 ina position to clearly view dial 6 and pointer 7 of the instrument orinstruments 4 may then, without changing his position, reach through theexposed portion of panel opening 2 to the instrument adjusting means 8or the instrument valve 9 to actuate the same.

It will be understood that, while the hinged plate 19 is illustrated ina position below instrument mounting plate 12, theposition thereof maybe changed to a side or the top of the instrument plate as may bedesirable or necessaryin any case, as where the adjusting and like meansof the instrument are disposed at a side or the top of the instrumentcasing; 3;

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. Means for mounting an instrument on a panel comprising a platemountahleon saidpanel, and having an opening therein for the receptionof the instrument, a flange projecting angularlyof said plate adjacentsaid opening to which instrument receiving opening of an instrumentpanehcomprising a plate mountable on the panel to close a portion ofsaid panel opening and having an instrument receiving opening, meanssecuring the instrument in said plate opening, a second plate forclosing the remainder of said panel opening, and means shiftablysecuring said second-plate to said first plate.

ARNO D SOLLER.

